A Woman Seated Near a Basket on a Stool

Quick Overview

Artist: Cornelis Bega (Dutch, Haarlem 1631 or 1632–1664 Haarlem)
Date: ca. 1658–62
Medium: Black chalk, heightened with white chalk, on blue paper; framing line in pen and brown ink, probably by a later hand
Dimensions: Sheet: 8 9/16 × 6 3/4 in. (21.7 × 17.2 cm)
Type: Drawing
Classification: Drawings
Department: Drawings and Prints
Credit line: Frits and Rita Markus Fund, 2015
Accession no.: 2015.79

The Metropolitan Museum of Art’s open-access data does not include an ownership history for this work. See the museum’s page for this work.

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Cornelis Bega
mid-17th century · Drawing
Museum collection · via the Metropolitan Museum of ArtAT-00018544
Peasants Gathered at an Inn
Cornelis Bega
mid-17th century · Drawing
Museum collection · via the Metropolitan Museum of ArtAT-00022273
Study of a seated man, one hand resting inside his jacket (recto); Unfinished study on a seated man (verso)
Cornelis Bega
mid 17th century · Drawing
Museum collection · via the Metropolitan Museum of ArtAT-00024520

Data retrieved from the Metropolitan Museum of Art on October 9, 2026. The museum may have updated its record since.